AZERTAC employees pay tribute to Great Leader Heydar Aliyev
Baku, December 12, AZERTAC
Employees of the Azerbaijan State News Agency (AZERTAC) have today visited the Alley of Honors to pay tribute to national leader, architect and founder of the modern independent Azerbaijani state Heydar Aliyev, and to lay flowers at his grave.
They also put flowers at the grave of prominent ophthalmologist, academician Zarifa Aliyeva.
AZERTAC also hosted a ceremony to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the passing of Great Leader Heydar Aliyev.
AZERTAC`s staff first laid flowers at national leader Heydar Aliyev's bust in the foyer of the building.
The event participants honored memory of national leader of the Azerbaijani people Heydar Aliyev and martyrs, who sacrificed their lives for the independence and territorial integrity of the Motherland, with observing a minute of silence.
The event also featured the screening of a documentary dedicated to national leader Heydar Aliyev.
Addressing the ceremony, AZERTAC Chairman of the Board Vugar Aliyev highlighted the exceptional services of national leader Heydar Aliyev to the restoration of Azerbaijani statehood.
Other speakers emphasized that the national leader Heydar Aliyev’s wise policy is being successfully continued by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Victorious Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev. It was noted that under the leadership of President, Supreme Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev, the Azerbaijani army crushed the enemy in the 44-day Patriotic War and put an end to the 30-year occupation of its lands.
Chairman of the Board Vugar Aliyev also highlighted the Great Leader’s attention to AZERTAC, as well as the challenges facing the agency in the modern era.